CVE
- Id
- 16680
- CVE No.
- CVE-2006-0576
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- Untrusted search path vulnerability in opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a modified PATH that references malicious (1) which or (2) dirname programs. NOTE: while opcontrol normally is not run setuid, a common configuration suggests accessing opcontrol using sudo. In such a context, this is a vulnerability.
- Phase
- Assigned (20060207)
- Votes
- None (candidate not yet proposed)
- Comments